2016 KANSAS CITY ROYALS 25-MAN ROSTER (as of April 13)
Manager: Ned Yost (3) . Coaches: Pitching-Dave Eiland (58), Catching-Pedro Grifol (28), Bullpen-Doug Henry (57), Third Base-Mike Jirschele (23), First Base-Rusty Kuntz (18), Hitting-Dale Sveum (21), Bench-Don Wakamatsu (22) .
No. Pitchers (12 + 3 D.L.) B-T Ht. Wt. Born Age Birthplace 55 Tim Collins (60-day D.L.) L-L 5-7 170 08-21-89 26 Worcester, MA 17 Wade Davis R-R 6-5 220 09-07-85 30 Lake Wales, FL 41 Danny Duffy L-L 6-3 205 12-21-88 27 Goleta, CA 53 Dillon Gee R-R 6-1 205 04-28-86 29 Cleburne, TX 40 Kelvin Herrera R-R 5-10 200 12-31-89 26 Tenares, DR 44 Luke Hochevar R-R 6-5 225 09-15-83 32 Denver, CO 31 Ian Kennedy R-R 6-0 200 12-19-84 31 Huntington Beach, CA 39 Kris Medlen S-R 5-10 190 10-07-85 30 Artesia, CA 66 Mike Minor (60-day D.L.) R-L 6-4 220 12-26-87 28 Chapel Hill, TN 48 Joakim Soria R-R 6-3 210 05-19-84 31 Monclova, Mexico 51 Jason Vargas (60-day D.L.) L-L 6-0 215 02-02-83 33 Apple Valley, CA 30 Yordano Ventura R-R 6-0 195 06-03-91 24 Samana, D.R. 36 Edinson Volquez R-R 6-0 220 07-03-83 32 Barahona, D.R. 67 Chien-Ming Wang R-R 6-4 215 03-31-80 36 Tainan City, Taiwan 32 Chris Young R-R 6-10 255 05-25-79 36 Dallas, TX
No. Catchers (2) B-T Ht. Wt. Born Age Birthplace 9 Drew Butera R-R 6-1 200 08-09-83 32 Evansville, IN 13 Salvador Perez R-R 6-3 240 05-10-90 25 Valencia, Venezuela
No. Infielders (6) B-T Ht. Wt. Born Age Birthplace 24 Christian Colon R-R 5-10 190 05-14-89 26 Cayey, PR 2 Alcides Escobar R-R 6-1 185 12-16-86 29 La Sabana, Venezuela 35 Eric Hosmer L-L 6-4 225 10-24-89 26 South Miami, FL 14 Omar Infante R-R 5-11 195 12-26-81 34 Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela 25 Kendrys Morales S-R 6-1 225 06-20-83 32 Fomento, Cuba 8 Mike Moustakas L-R 6-0 215 09-11-88 27 Los Angeles, CA
No. Outfielders (5 + 1 D.L.) B-T Ht. Wt. Born Age Birthplace 6 Lorenzo Cain R-R 6-2 205 04-13-86 29 Valdosta, GA 1 Jarrod Dyson (15-day D.L.) L-R 5-10 160 08-15-84 31 McComb, MS 34 Rey Fuentes L-L 6-0 185 02-12-91 25 Orlando, FL 4 Alex Gordon L-R 6-1 220 02-10-84 32 Lincoln, NE 0 Terrance Gore R-R 5-7 160 06-08-91 24 Macon, GA 16 Paulo Orlando R-R 6-2 210 11-01-85 30 Sao Paulo, Brazil 2016 Pronunciation Guide Name Pronunciation Name Pronunciation Drew Butera ...... byoo-TAIR-uh Mike Jirschele ...... Jersh-LEE Jarrod Dyson ...... juh-ROD Kendrys Morales ...... KEHN-dreez moer-AH-lez Alcides Escobar ...... al-SEE-dess Mike Moustakas ...... Moo-STOCK-us Rey Fuentes ...... FWENH-tehz Yordano Ventura ...... your-DON-oh Luke Hochevar ...... HO-chay-vur Edinson Volquez ...... EHD-in-sin VOHL-kehz Eric Hosmer ...... HOZ-mur Chien-Ming Wang ...... (rhymes with “Song”) Omar Infante ...... in-FAHN-tay